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Reference Number :
2022- 017

This special release contains information on the 2021 situation by major species of the four fisheries subsectors in Ilocos Sur, namely: commercial, marine municipal, inland municipal, and aquaculture.

Fisheries Production in Ilocos Sur increases by 0.12 percent in 2021

The total volume of fisheries production in Ilocos Sur increased by 0.12 percent in 2021.  It was estimated at 6,983.42 metric tons from its previous year’s output of 6,974.78 metric tons.

Among the four subsectors, commercial and marine municipal fisheries recorded increases in production while inland municipal and aquaculture fisheries exhibited a decline during the year.

On the other hand, Ilocos Region posted an increase of 5.33 percent in the total volume of fisheries production from 179,683.35 metric tons in 2020 to 189,260.45 metric tons in 2021.

In terms of the share of the subsectors to the total fisheries production in Ilocos Sur, marine municipal contributed the biggest share of 70.26 percent, followed by aquaculture with 14.57 percent share, and inland municipal with 10.25 percent share. The least contributor was recorded by commercial fisheries with 4.92 percent share to the total fisheries production of the province.

Commercial Fisheries

Commercial fisheries production was estimated at 343.63 metric tons in 2021. It registered a 2.25 percent increase from 336.06 metric tons in 2020.

Round scad or galunggong (17.49%) and yellowfin tuna or tambakol/bariles (15.17%) registered increases in the production in 2021. Meanwhile, Frigate tuna or tulingan (-4.35%),  , skipjack or gulyasan (-3.62%), and others (-74.56%) posted decreases in the production in the same period.

Municipal Fisheries

Municipal fisheries cover marine and inland. The total municipal fisheries production in Ilocos Sur went up by 1.66 percent in 2021. It was posted at 5,622.08 metric tons, higher than its output in 2020 at 5,530.06 metric tons. (Table 1)

Marine Municipal

Among the fisheries subsectors, marine municipal contributed the biggest share to the total fisheries production in the province in 2021 with an output of 4,906.14 metric tons. This output was higher by 9.96 percent from the 4,461.90 metric tons production in 2020.

The dominant catches with their share to the total marine municipal fisheries production in the province were round scad or galunggong (814.77 metric tons or 16.61%), yellowfin tuna or tambakol/bariles (649.83 metric tons or 13.24%), squid or pusit (546.41 metric tons or 11.14%), anchovies or dilis (318.51 metric tons or 6.49%), and skipjack or gulyasan (279.15 metric tons or 5.69%).

Inland Municipal

Production of inland municipal fisheries in Ilocos Sur declined by 32.97 percent in 2021. From the output of 1,068.16 metric tons in 2020, it went up to 715.94 metric tons in 2021.

In terms of the type of species, fish contributed the largest share with 70.33 percent. The highest number of production was noted in freshwater goby or biya (176.43 metric tons) and tilapia (108.64 metric tons).

This was followed by crustaceans with 25.10 percent share to the total inland municipal production with blue crab or alimasag (55.87 metric tons) and Freshwater shrimp  or Hipon (42.21 metric tons) as the highest contributors to the production.

The least share was posted by molluscs with 4.57 percent. The highest number of production was noted in Clams  or Kabibi with 10.42 metric tons and Oyster or Talaba with 9.98 metric tons.

Aquaculture

Harvest from aquaculture farms in Ilocos Sur was recorded at 1,017.71 metric tons in 2021. This was 8.20 percent lower compared to the 1,108.66 metric tons produced in the previous year.

By species, tilapia registered with the highest share of production with 71.86 percent share (731.29 metric tons). This was followed by milkfish with 24.72 share (251.53 metric tons), and oyster with 2.58 percent share (26.29 metric tons).

By culture type, the highest production was harvested in brackishwater fishpond with 58.07 percent share (590.95 metric tons), followed by the freshwater fishpond with 37.43 percent share (380.9 metric tons), then oyster with 2.58 percent share (26.29 metric tons).

 

 

SGD. JEANETTE M. MARZAN

(Supervising Statistical Specialist)

Officer-in-Charge